
An Interview with Paul Graham, Founder of Y Combinator
“Ordinarily I’d be well into thinking about some new topic by now, but this time I’m not. I have no project. That feels weird and unpleasant.”
“Ordinarily I’d be well into thinking about some new topic by now, but this time I’m not. I have no project. That feels weird and unpleasant.”
“That’s the brand we’re going for, and it’s a tricky brand to go for, because you don’t want to be dull, or finger-wagging, or sanctimonious.”
“To me, working is part of staying alive.”
“We’re doing a terrible job of inculcating the values that matter, and the funny thing is, we have a country that has a purpose. They wrote it down for us in the preamble of the Constitution.”
“I’m immensely sympathetic to what has been called the American Dream and the importance of immigrants and refugees. They have been the engine of this country again and again and again.”
“I just think there’s a big question right now about whether we’ll continue to have anonymity in public.”
“If everyone sees how patently unfair this system is but you, you’re living on borrowed time.”
“I don’t have a byline anymore, but what I’m doing now is as big a thrill as anything I’ve ever done.”